Hero image

FOR THE LOVE OF LITERATURE

Average Rating4.40
(based on 967 reviews)

I love creating resources and spend far too much time doing it. Currently teaching mostly A-level English Literature, but there are a range of free and paid resources for all ages. I believe in challenging students with a range of ambitious material, but also believe that this needs to be underpinned by explicit direction on HOW students can develop their ideas in written form. Write better... think better... think better...write better... and so on.

141Uploads

873k+Views

1140k+Downloads

I love creating resources and spend far too much time doing it. Currently teaching mostly A-level English Literature, but there are a range of free and paid resources for all ages. I believe in challenging students with a range of ambitious material, but also believe that this needs to be underpinned by explicit direction on HOW students can develop their ideas in written form. Write better... think better... think better...write better... and so on.

All resources

Newest
Relevance
Newest
Highest rated
Lowest price
To Kill A Mockingbird essay
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

To Kill A Mockingbird essay

FREE
(0)
Essay instruction sheet for essay on To Kill A Mockingbird with hints and tips - good half term hmwk or could be prepared in class as an exercise in essay planning. Question is: 'Explore the ways in which Harper Lee presents the development of Scout and Jem in the first section of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’.'
An Inspector Calls essay plans
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

An Inspector Calls essay plans

FREE
(2)
Two structured essay plans on 'An Inspector Calls' - could be cut up and offered to the students to organize and/or add quotations to... Then there's a third essay question scaffold for them to fill in themselves.Again, could be adapted and us
Pride and Prejudice 'Lonely Hearts' activity
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Pride and Prejudice 'Lonely Hearts' activity

FREE
(0)
An oldie but goodie - powerpoint talks students through what lonely hearts are, with examples, then provides instructions on how to write their own. Provides some amusing results and I really push mine to write in the style of character and try to apply some of Austen's irony.
Act 3 The Crucible guided reading questions
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Act 3 The Crucible guided reading questions

FREE
(1)
Simple powerpoint with questions and thinking points for act 3 of The Crucible. Good for first reading in class and discussion - could be used as a starting point for a more extended piece of writing or a debate/discussion for speaking and listening.
Intro to Frankenstein
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Intro to Frankenstein

FREE
(12)
PowerPoint contains some contextual overview and objectives. Explains a pre-reading activity and includes discussion of ways of reading. Extracts for students to apply their knowledge to. Can be done if they've read the novel but would work equally we
Fun lesson on Kennings
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Fun lesson on Kennings

FREE
(3)
Lesson (fully explained in PowerPoint) on Anglo Saxon poetry more generally (linked into Beowulf); with a focus on kennings. Homework activity uses modern kennings poem as a model and lets them have a go at writing their own.Lots of fun! Aligned with Common Core Standards: RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.8.4, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.7.5, RL.8.5
The Ruby in the Smoke resources
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

The Ruby in the Smoke resources

FREE
(2)
A number of resources created for 'The Ruby in the Smoke'. Includes an essay plan for writing about character, synonym and antonym starter with words taken from the book, a list of items to research for homework linked to b/ground of book and shor
Macbeth decision tree and conversation analysis
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Macbeth decision tree and conversation analysis

FREE
(1)
Two resources - not really connected! First one is a checklist of conversation techniques (eg turn taking/ adjacency pairs), which you can use to analyze the Lady M and Macbeth scenes pre the murder of Duncan. Gets them thinking about the language of power, as well as the nature of spoken language. Resource two is a decision tree for students to fill in, exploring all the possibilities and consequences facing Macbeth at the end of Act 1.
Comparing poetry : 'Pike' and 'Trout'
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Comparing poetry : 'Pike' and 'Trout'

FREE
(1)
Copies of the poems, 'pike' by Ted Hughes and 'trout' by Seamus Heaney and a few charts/venns that allow them to compare these two. The powerpoint has pics of a pike - can be used a starter. Once we studied these, they wrote an essay, then a poem describing an animal of their own.
Moment of truth - target setting
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Moment of truth - target setting

FREE
(6)
The teacher document explains how the students should go about this... Developed from a marketing/branding ideas, it gets students to consider worries/fears/set targets etc. I used this for the first time this year, and have revisited throughout the year - good results.
Paradise Lost and Dr Faustus
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Paradise Lost and Dr Faustus

FREE
(2)
A scheme of work, comparing Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Marlowe's 'Dr Faustus'. Challenging but very rewarding - lots of links for classicists too.
Keeping track of my improvement sheets
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

Keeping track of my improvement sheets

FREE
(1)
Two documents - easily adaptable - which allow students to keep track of their improvement, and allow you to assess their oral tasks too. Great for parents' eve and to see whether students actually read anything you write on their work!
The World's Wife comparison chart
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

The World's Wife comparison chart

FREE
(1)
Comparison chart to allow students to compare any two poems from 'The World's Wife'. Includes aspects to focus on... works really well. Could be easily adapted to compare with other prose/poetry texts too.
'Much Ado About Nothing' gender essay
Miss_s_kMiss_s_k

'Much Ado About Nothing' gender essay

FREE
(3)
All these resources can be used flexibly, building up to writing an essay: 'How are Beatrice, Benedick, Claudio and Hero presented to the audience in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, up to Act 2, Scene 1?'. We looked at Elizabethan expectations of gender